The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, overturning a block that was imposed hours ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

Fury as Mauritius uses UK Chagos deal cash to pay for debts instead of indigenous resettlement - It comes after Chagossian campaigners submitted a formal legal communication to the UN as part of an at ...

The United Kingdom has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, following a High Court ruling that has cleared the way for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to formalise the ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

Britain on Thursday agreed to transfer sovereignty of the strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, resolving a long-standing colonial-era dispute. The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K. military base that ...